Orthodox Church in America

The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an autocephalous Orthodox Christian church in North America, consisting of over 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries, and institutions in the United States and Canada. In 2011, it had 84,900 members. It was established by eight Russian monks in Alaska in 1794, and it became a full diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1867. The OCA became an autocephalous church following the 1917 Russian Revolution, and it is heavily influenced by Russian Orthodoxy, despite its membership consisting of a variety of nationalities.